The following lists events that happened during 1824 in New Zealand.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal Head of State – King George IV Governor of New South Wales – Major-General Sir Thomas Brisbane is recalled on 29 December but only leaves in December 1825Dictionary of Australian Biography Sir Thomas Brisbane when his successor, General Ralph Darling, arrives. Darling is appointed this year but only arrives in New South Wales on 25 December 1825.
Events 3 April – George Clarke arrives in the Bay of Islands having taken passage from Sydney on board the French corvette La Coquille.New Zealand Encyclopaedia 1966: George Clarke Biography La Coquille is commanded by Louis Isidore Duperrey, with Jules Dumont d'Urville as second-in-command, and will go on to complete a global circumnavigation. 31 August - The Revd. Henry Williams lays the keel for the 55-ton schooner , the first sailing ship (schooner) built in New Zealand. Undated George Clarke starts one of the first schools for Māori children, at Kerikeri.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p.185. John Kelly marries (Mary) Hine-tuhawaiki and settles at Ruapuke Island.According to Family of John Kelly they were married on 29 January 1844 at Ruapuke Island by Bishop Selwyn. They had a son in 1828 (later baptised), so the 1824 date is probably correct for marriage according to Māori custom and the later date that of the Christian confirmation. Hine may have been a relative of Tūhawaiki 'Bloody Jack', later paramount chief of Ngāi Tahu, whose stronghold was on Ruapuke.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 386. James Spencer sets up a trading post for whalers visiting Foveaux Strait at Bluff which is claimed to be the earliest permanent European settlement which will later grow into a town.Wises New Zealand Guide, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 38.This claim can be argued on at least two grounds. The mission at Kerikeri was undoubtedly earlier and is now considerably larger than Bluff. There is also no indication that there is more than one European at Bluff at this time which might not be sufficient to qualify as a settlement.
Births 6 April (in England): George Waterhouse, 7th Premier of New Zealand. 1 May (in Germany): Julius von Haast, geologist 24 November (in England): Richard Barcham Shalders, founder of the YMCA in New Zealand.Barcham family website c. 18 December (in England): John Hall, 12th Premier of New Zealand 23 December (in England): Thomas Potts, naturalist. Undated (in Ireland): Thomas Henry FitzGerald, politician. (in Australia): Gabriel Read, gold prospector.
See also List of years in New Zealand Timeline of New Zealand history History of New Zealand Military history of New Zealand Timeline of the New Zealand environment Timeline of New Zealand's links with Antarctica
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